Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who had a stint on Indian television with “Pradhanmantri”, says he is now working on a second season of the show.
Kapur had hosted the show, which chronicled changes in the country during the tenures of various Prime Ministers.
His plans for a new season emerged after a social media user tweeted: “Watching ‘Pradhanmantri’ for the second time. Excellent narration by Shekhar Kapur sir. Storytelling that is reminiscent of early India. Thank you for your contribution.”
The filmmaker commented: “Will be coming up with ‘Pradhanmantri 2’ soon. Hope you like that too.”
IANS contacted Kapur about the project, and he said: “It is under development.”
The politics based documentary series was aired on a Hindi news channel.
In an earlier interview to IANS, Kapur had said he was surprised by “how popular it became”.
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